Use of the intertidal zone by mobile predators: Influence of wave exposure, tidal phase and elevation on abundance and diet

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 406, Issue , 2010, Pages 197-210

  Silva, A C F ^a,b   Hawkins, S J ^b,c   Boaventura, D M ^d,e   Brewster, E ^a   Thompson, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Escola Superior de Educacao Joao de Deus   (Portugal)

^e Instituto do Mar   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crab; High and low tide; Population structure; Prey abundance; Shore level; Stomach contents; Wave action

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DIET; ELEVATION; GASTROPOD; HABITAT USE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROCKY SHORE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WAVE ACTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CANCER PAGURUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NECORA PUBER; PATELLIDAE; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 77954091584     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08543     Document Type: Article

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